2005 Atlantic hurricane season on pace to become most active ever.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Ken Kaye

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ With seven named storms emerging in less than eight weeks, the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season is flirting with becoming the most active ever.

At this pace, 22 systems would form by Nov. 30, which would surpass the record of 21 set in 1933.

It's a pace that would exhaust all the storm names on the National Hurricane Center's list.

That's because the list only goes up to "W" _ Wilma, this year _ and doesn't include names that begin with Q, U, X, Y or Z.

"Some of the letters are very difficult to...

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